detainees

Andrea Germanos Common Dreams A first-hand account from a prisoner at Guantánamo reveals the abusive tactics prison authorities are using to break the prisoners’ hunger strike. A colonel in charge said that “Any person who continues on the hunger strike… Continue Reading →

rt.com The Guantanamo hunger strike has been growing in scale, with at least 11 of 31 protesting inmates currently being force-fed. However, the latest Pentagon briefing did not mention the crisis at the detention center. RT’s Gayane Chichakyan attended a… Continue Reading →

“Despite US government assurances that it helped create a stable democracy, the reality is that it left behind a budding police state.” Iraq is falling back into authoritarianism and headed towards becoming a police state, despite US claims that it… Continue Reading →

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Alabama State Constitution of 1901

SECTION 4
Freedom of speech and press.
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